7.3
HIGH
CVE-2024-4194
WordPress Album and Image Gallery Lightbox Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Description

The The Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

INFO

Published Date :

June 6, 2024, 2:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-4194 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Essentialplugin album_and_image_gallery_plus_lightbox

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album.php#L185
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album-slider.php#L207
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4822f1c7-3f83-416c-8957-17e4b53d7e69?source=cve
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album.php#L185 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album.php#L185 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album-slider.php#L207 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album-slider.php#L207 Product
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4822f1c7-3f83-416c-8957-17e4b53d7e69?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4822f1c7-3f83-416c-8957-17e4b53d7e69?source=cve Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:essentialplugin:album_and_image_gallery_plus_lightbox:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.1
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 06, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The The Album and Image Gallery plus Lightbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4822f1c7-3f83-416c-8957-17e4b53d7e69?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album-slider.php#L207 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/album-and-image-gallery-plus-lightbox/trunk/includes/shortcode/aigpl-gallery-album.php#L185 [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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